A Workshop to Develop a Strategic Plan for Tsunami Research in the US

AbstractThis award provides co-funding（with NOAA）of a two-day workshop，on July 25 and 26，2006，to develop a strategic plan for tsunami research in the United States.工作坊的检讨及讨论主题包括：1.回顾过去的海啸研究计划（1981年和2003年）2。当前海啸研究的回顾3。对联邦机构未来海啸研究计划的审查4。审查2004年亚洲海啸引起的研究需求5。将这些审查的结果纳入战略框架6。在2006年11月1日之前完成战略计划的时间表7。该研讨会将于2006年7月27日和28日在俄勒冈州州立大学举行，与NSF/NEES海啸设施使用研讨会和复杂三维水深测量的海啸洪水建模一起举行。为了确保具有不同技术专长和兴趣的核心与会者，将邀请一个选定的研究小组参加并发表演讲。他们将根据讲习班的讨论情况提交一份建议摘要。Eddie Bernard博士、洛里登格勒博士和所罗门严博士将负责根据演讲者提供的信息编写总结报告。审查报告将提交给NOAA和NSF批准。一旦获得批准，该报告将由NOAA和NSF分发给海啸研究界。该研讨会讨论了“开发海啸生成、传播和海岸影响的完整模拟，以提供海岸线海啸的实时描述，用于预警、疏散、工程设计，国家研究理事会2003年NEES研究议程出版物“预防地震灾害，地震工程的巨大挑战。它满足了国家海啸研究规划的迫切需要，并强调了负责海啸警报的NOAA和负责我国研究的NSF在实现这些目标方面的合作支持。研讨会产生的战略计划将使美国国会、NOAA、NSF、和其他联邦机构，以更好地确定所需的资源，以实现既定的长期和短期目标，以及如何资源之间的互补性研究学科分配。该战略计划的实施将确保我们的联邦、州和地方政府机构以及沿海社区为海啸做好充分准备，并防止类似亚洲海啸和卡特里娜飓风在美国发生的灾难。该战略计划将提供给易受海啸袭击的其他国家，以便在全世界范围内体现其效益。

AbstractThis award provides co-funding (with NOAA) of a two-day workshop, on July 25 and 26, 2006, to develop a strategic plan for tsunami research in the United States. Topics of review and discussion at the workshop will include:1. A review of past tsunami research plans (1981 and 2003)2. A review of current tsunami research3. A review of Federal agency plans for future tsunami research4. A review of research needs resulting from the 2004 Asian tsunami5. An assimilation of the results of these reviews into a strategic framework6. A schedule to complete the strategic plan by November 1, 20067. The workshop is to be held in conjunction with the NSF/NEES Tsunami Facility Usage Workshop and Tsunami Modeling of Inundation over a Complex 3D Bathymetry at Oregon State University scheduled for July 27 and 28, 2006.To ensure a core group of attendees with diverse technical expertise and interests, a selected panel of researchers will be invited to attend and give presentations. They will submit a summary of their recommendations based on discussions at the workshop. Drs. Eddie Bernard, Lori Dengler and Solomon Yim will be in charge of the development of a summary report based on the input provided by the presenters. The vetted report will be submitted to NOAA and NSF for approval. Once approved, the report will be disseminated to the tsunami research community by NOAA and NSF.The workshop addresses both the long-term goal of "the development a complete simulation of tsunami generation, propagation, and coastal effects to provide a real-time description of tsunamis at the coastline for use with warning, evacuation, engineering, and mitigation strategies" and the short-term goal of "working with the National Hazard Mitigation Program to define research needs" described in the National Research Council's 2003 NEES research agenda publication on "Preventing Earthquake Disasters, The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering". It fulfills an urgent need in national tsunami research planning and highlights the collaborative support of NOAA, the agency responsible for tsunami warnings and NSF, the agency responsible for research in our nation, in achieving these goals.The strategic plan resulting from the workshop will enable the US Congress, NOAA, NSF, and other Federal agencies to better determine the resources needed to achieve the stated long-term and short-term goals as well as how the resources should be allocated among complementary research disciplines. Implementation of the strategic plan will ensure our Federal, State and Local government agencies and the coastal communities to be well prepared for tsunamis and prevent disasters similar to the Asia tsunami and Katrina Hurricane to occur in the US. The strategic plan will be made available to other countries prone to tsunami attack so the benefits will be manifested worldwide.